1987 – Florida liberalized its concealed carry laws, becoming the first state in decades to set up a "shall-issue" system, in which a permit is issued automatically once an individual passes a background check.

1913 – Henry Ford's entire Highland Park, Michigan automobile factory is run on a continuously moving assembly line, dropping the necessary time to build one "Model T" from 12-1/2 hours to 93 minutes in one year. This allowed him to achieve his dream of producing an automobile everyone could afford.